Railway cross-tie.



l J. M.`LIVEILY. RAILWAY CROSS-TIE. APPLICATION` FILED MAR. 6, 1909.

1,004,798, y Patented 0011.3, 1911. v

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JAMES M. LIVELY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

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larrangement of the several parts of a cross tie whereby the track railsmay be securely fastened to the tie in a simple and effective manner andin which the rail supporting plates as well `as therails arerigidlyvspaeed apart.

My invention further contemplates time securing of the several parts ofthe tie together and the securing of the track rails to the tie withoutthe use/of bolts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents my improved cross tiein top plan, portions of two track rails being shown secured in positionthereon, Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, Fig. 8 isl a longitudinalcentral section taken in the plane of the line A-A of Fig. 1, looking inthe direction of the arrows, F ig. l is a view of the tie in endelevation, the track rail being shown in side elevation, Fig. 5 is asection taken in the plane of the line Ba of Fig. 2, looking in thfedirection of the-arrows, Fig. 6 is a det."l View showing amodied form ofthe nreans for securing the members of the sectional cross bracetogether, Fig. 7 `is a detail view showing modified way of interlockingthe end of the cross bar to the rail supporting plate, Figs'S and 9 areplan andside views ofl one of the sectional cross` brace members, andFigs. 10 and 11 are side and plan views partially broken away of one ofthe cross bars. i

The 'track rails are denoted by 1 and 2. The rail supporting plates areof sheet metal and are denoted by 8 and il. Each of these plates hasdepending sides 5 and 8. These plates 8 ande.- are provided with lugs 7tor engaging the outer edges of the bases of the milsflL and 2. rlheselugs are preferably struck from the plates and overlap .the outer edgesof the rail bases.

A sectional cross brace is ren'iovably in terloeked with the plates 3and 4 and engages the inner edges of therail bases. This sectional crossbrace comprises two members 8 and 9, the outer end of each member havspeciaeanoii of Letters raient.

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Application led March 6, 1909, Serial No. 481,612.

ing a lip '10 fitted tooverlap the inner edge of a rail base, and adepending hook 11 fitted to enter a transversely elongated slot 19. whenthe member is at right angles to the plate and to be interlocked withthe plate when vthe men'iber is swung into alinement Awith the plate. heoverlapping ends of these two members 8 and 9 may be removably securedtogether in various ways. V

in the form shown in Figs. `1, 2 and 3, the inner overlapping ends ofthe members 8 and 9 are tapered and a sleeve 12 may be slid over thesetapered overlapping ends. The points may then be spread sufiiciently tohold the sleeve in position. ends of these members 8 and 9 may beinterlocked by providing matched hooks 13, 14.

Cross bars 15 are removably interlocked with the corresponding dependingsidesof the two plates 3 and 4 for rigidly spacing the plates apart..l.in the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, this is accomplished byproviding each depending side of each plate with a lug 1G strucktherefrom, near its inner end and a vertically elongated slot throughits outer end, said slot having an enlarged upper portion 17 and asmaller lower portion 18. "he ends of the bar 15 are provided with hooks19 which may be freely entered into the larger portions .17 of thevertically elongated slots and may then be dropped into the smallerportions 18.

The free ends of the lugs 16 may be bent inwardly after the bars are inposition for retaining' the bars in-their interlocked engagement withthe plates.

in Fig. 7 the lug 16 and the vertically elongated slot 17, 18, are bothlocated near the inner end of the* rail supporting plate to permittheuse of a longitudinal Stringer 20.

l. A sheet metal railway cross tie coniprising two rail supportingplates having lugs for engaging the outer edges of the rail bases, asectional cross brace having the inner ends of its members overlappedand the outer ends of its members interiocked with the plates forengaging the inner edges of the rail bases and a sleeve for removably'securing the overlapping inner ends of the members together.

A sheet metal railway cross tie comprising two rail supporting plateshaving lugs struck therefrom for engaging the outer edges of the railbases, a sectional cross In Fig. 6, the inner brace having the innerends of its members overlapped and the outer ends of its menibersinterlocked with the plates for engaging the inner edges of the railbases and a Vsleeve for removably securing the overlapping inner ends ofthe members together.'

3. A sheet metal railway cross tie comprising two rail supporting plateshaving depending sides and provided With lugs for engaging the outeredges of the rail bases; cross bars interlocked with corresponding sidesof the two plates and a cross brace interlocked with the plates forengaging the inner edges of the rail bases. y

4. A sheet metal railway cross tie comprising two rail supporting plateshaving depending engaging Athe outer edges of the rail bases, cross barsremovably interlocked with oorresponding sides of the two plates and across brace interloeked with .the plates for engaging the inner edges ofthe rail bases. v In testimony, lthat I claim the foregoing asmyinvention, I have signed by name in presence of two Witnesses, thistwenty-sixth day of February 1909. l

JAMES M. LIVELY.

Witnesses:

F. GEORGE BARRY, HENRY THiEME.

sides and provided. with lugs for

